US Attorney Lindsey Halligan Fires Two More Prosecutors, Alledging Unauthorized Leaks to Press

CNN mad!

Where are they going to get their anti-Trump DOJ scoops from now?!?!

President Donald Trump's hand-picked interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan has fired more senior prosecutors from the Eastern District of Virginia office, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Beth Yusi and Kristin Bird were no longer with the office as of Friday. Yusi has been with the Department of Justice since 2007. One source said that Halligan believed the attorneys to be leaking "unauthorized" information to the press. The other source added that they received termination letters.

CNN has reached out to Yusi and Bird for comment.

Yeah I'll bet.

Halligan has moved quickly to assert her authority over the office, with several recent firings and departures, and she has become personally involved in courtroom proceedings -- which is unusual for a US attorney --in the recent indictments of Trump foes James Comey and Letitia James.

The move indicates a deepening split between Halligan, who leads the powerful office, and its roster of experienced prosecutors.

The Trump DOJ's slow-motion Saturday Night Massacre

The departures mark the latest in a string of resignations and firings in the Eastern District of Virginia in less than a month.

CNN reported earlier this week that Maggie Cleary, the senior Justice Department prosecutor who briefly led EDVA, had been removed from the office, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The first Trump-appointed US attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, resigned under pressure from Trump, as resistance in the office built around charging Comey at the end of September.

Related: Jeanne Pirro announces fresh charges against the two innocent babies who didn't do nuffin' that the DEI judge let off without even a slap on the wrist.

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